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Concorde
Modern Jazz Quartet
Concorde
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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Japanese only SHM-CD 24-bit remastering. (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.

     
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All Artists: Modern Jazz Quartet
Title: Concorde
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Universal Japan
Release Date: 11/19/2008
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Cool Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Japanese only SHM-CD 24-bit remastering. (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.

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CD Reviews

Cool Counterpoint
04/27/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This underrated album is an Apollonian masterpiece. It balances the cool, formalist approach to jazz (that one expects from MJQ) with a genuine swinging impulse. The recording features two originals (by Jackson and Lewis) framing a set of superb and superbly played standards. "I'll Remember April," transformed into a hard-swinging scherzo, is a real stand-out (although Erroll Garner's version from a few months later remains definitive in my book). The concluding title track is Lewis's tour-de-force, a complex jazz fugue that lends the session a strong feeling of culmination. Throughout, the album delivers subtle counterpoint ("Softly" begins by quoting from Bach's Musical Offering) and thoughtful structure; it really rewards carefully attention. If you like your jazz on the cool, cerebral side, or if you are coming to jazz from the world of classical music, this album should be mandatory listening. But the music isn't austere: in addition to being substantive, it's a lot of fun."
Very Good record
Hany Aziz | 09/21/1999
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very good record with "I'll Remember April" and the title track "Concorde" being my favorite tracks. You need a good stereo system for this record!"
Simply superb!
Hany Aziz | 07/15/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The MJQ at their very best. Recording is from the fifties with a little hiss etc."